Alabama Inventory List
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Alabama Inventory List The Rare, Threatened, & Endangered Plants & Animals of Alabama June 2004 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................................................................................1 DEFINITION OF HERITAGE RANKS .................................................................................................................................3 DEFINITIONS OF FEDERAL & STATE LISTED SPECIES STATUS.............................................................................5 AMPHIBIANS............................................................................................................................................................................6 BIRDS .........................................................................................................................................................................................7 MAMMALS...............................................................................................................................................................................10 FISHES.....................................................................................................................................................................................12 REPTILES ................................................................................................................................................................................16 CLAMS & MUSSELS ..............................................................................................................................................................18 SNAILS .....................................................................................................................................................................................22 SPIDERS...................................................................................................................................................................................27 HARVESTMEN........................................................................................................................................................................27 PSUEDOSCORPIONS.............................................................................................................................................................27 MILLIPEDES...........................................................................................................................................................................29 BEETLES .................................................................................................................................................................................29 SPRINGTAILS .........................................................................................................................................................................31 DIPLURANS.............................................................................................................................................................................31 DIPTERANS.............................................................................................................................................................................31 MAYFLIES...............................................................................................................................................................................31 BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS.....................................................................................................................................................32 DRAGONFLIES & DAMSELFLIES......................................................................................................................................32 CRICKETS................................................................................................................................................................................33 STONEFLIES...........................................................................................................................................................................33 AMPHIPODS ...........................................................................................................................................................................34 CRAYFISH & SHRIMP...........................................................................................................................................................34 ISOPODS ..................................................................................................................................................................................35 VASCULAR PLANTS ..............................................................................................................................................................36 FERNS & FERN ALLIES ............................................................................................................................................................36 MONOCOTS .............................................................................................................................................................................38 DICOTS ...................................................................................................................................................................................42 Alabama Natural Heritage ProgramSM Page i CONIFERS AND RELATIVES...............................................................................................................................................51 NON-VASCULAR PLANTS - MOSSES .................................................................................................................................52 NON-VASCULAR PLANTS - LIVERWORTS........................................................................................................................53 EXTINCT SPECIES FISHES.....................................................................................................................................................................................54 BIRDS .......................................................................................................................................................................................54 CLAMS & MUSSELS ..............................................................................................................................................................54 SNAILS .....................................................................................................................................................................................55 Cover photo – green pitcher plant (Sarracenia oreophila) by Carlen Emanuel Alabama Natural Heritage ProgramSM Page ii Alabama Natural Heritage ProgramSM Keeping Track of Alabama’s Natural Heritage The Alabama Natural Heritage ProgramSM (ALNHP) was established by The Nature Conservancy in 1989 as one of a network of such programs. The Heritage network includes 50 U.S. States and the District of Columbia, 5 Canadian provinces, 12 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean and a host of other programs situated in federal agencies, Native American nations and other institutions. The majority of these programs are cooperative ventures between agencies of state or federal government and The Nature Conservancy making a public-private partnership collectively known as the Natural Heritage Network. Natural Heritage Programs have three broad functions: to collect information on the status and distribution of species and natural communities, to manage this information in a standardized way, and to disseminate this information to a wide array of users. Natural Heritage Programs use a standardized information management system to track biodiversity data including taxonomy, distribution, population trends, habitat requirements, relative abundance, quality, condition, and viability. Programs also track non-biological information including land ownership type, land-use and management, distribution of protected areas, and threats to species or their habitat. ALNHP serves as the science office of The Nature Conservancy of Alabama. It supports the Chapter by supplying biodiversity data, site prioritization, ecoregional and site conservation planning, ecological monitoring and burning, and land management expertise. ALNHP does this with support from public and private partners in conservation. ALNHP is also a member of the Natural Heritage Network and is represented by its membership organization NatureServe. NatureServe works to aggregate data from individual Network Programs and is dedicated to the furtherance of the Network and the application of Heritage data to biodiversity conservation. One of the important tasks each heritage program performs is the regular compilation of a "Rare Species Inventory List" for the state that ranks by priority each element based on the number and quality of occurrences. Although these lists are compiled using the best scientific information available at the time, there is always more current information available on a particular species, distribution and/or status. We would appreciate any new information on the location, abundance, or rarity of any of the species on the following list. Please send your comments to the appropriate staff member: Citation: Alabama Natural Heritage ProgramSM. 2004. Alabama Inventory